So many interesting comments! Where do I start?
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I certainly could not have imagined him (Boromir) smiling, laughing, playing with the hobbits as he taught them sword-fighting, tousling Frodo’s hair...
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Estelyn - I agree that Sean Bean brought some beautiful dimensions to the role of Boromir, but I saw the "head-patting" scene a a perfect, non-verbal way to express the Gondorian's underlying pride and condenscension towards these "half-men" who had, "by unhappy chance", been handed such a powerful weapon.
I mean, come on! He's patting the head of a 50-year-old grown-up, even if he is only 3 and a half feet tall. How would any of us take such a gesture? (And the look that Frodolijah gives him was priceless! Like Boromir's about to get B***h-slapped!)
Moving on to the Frodo-Bilbo relationship, (which is slightly off-thread-topic, but fun anyway). I always saw the two as having a kind of Socratic relationship, with Bilbo being the teacher-mentor-friend to his most promising pupil. It must have been heaven for the young, intelligent, restless hobbit, growing up in Buckland Hall as a well-looked after, but often-overlooked, orphan. Who can blame him for loving Bilbo as he did?
Getting back on topic: I did see an Alan Lee illustration of Bilbo in Rivendell, where the old hobbit bore a remarkable resemblence to Benjamin Franklin! The perfect teacher!
As for the perfect Frodo "look"; I'm thinking of browsing through an image search of European and Britannic faces, and seeing if I find a picture that says "Frodo", to me. If I find one, I'll try to post it here.
Hey, if nothing else, maybe I can start a new career as a casting director. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ June 14, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]